1913 James A. Farrell 1978
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 397
Launched Sept 28, 1912
600’ LOA, 580’ LBP, 58’ beam, 32’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1880 IHP
Enrolled at Cleveland OH March 12, 1913 (Temp #178)
580.0 x 58.0 x 32.0, 7705 GT, 5967 NT US 210912 to:
Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Cleveland OH (home port Duluth MN)
Entered service 1913
Permanent enrollment at Duluth MN April 28, 1913 (#97)
Remeasured 1947 to 586.5 x 58.2 x 27.4, 7770 GT, 6493 NT
Fleet reincorporated 1949 in Delaware (home port to Wilmington DE)
Fleet merged July 1951 into parent United States Steel Corporation (home port to New York NY)
Fleet renamed United States Steel Great Lakes Fleet 1967 (home port to Wilmington DE)
Sold for scrap 1978 to Hyman Michaels Co., Duluth MN and scrapped at Duluth
IMO 5168613
1302
I have one of the lifeboats off this ship that I converted into a cruising boat. She is docked at Silver Bay Marina on the north shore of Lake Superior.
I sailed on the Farrell for 1 season in 1972. We spend some time each year on the North Shore, and I would sure like to see what you have done with the life boat.
I sailed on the Farrell for 1 season in 1972. We spend some time each year on the North Shore, and I would sure like to see what you have done with the life boat.
I was on the Farrell in 1959 and again in 1965. Now retired in Simpsonville, SC
Hello,
I have a picture of my Great Uncle, Captain Frank J Kadletz, his wife and another couple standing by a life ring on the James A Farrell in 1960. I’m wondering if that other couple could be the Farrelll’s? I don’t know how they named the ships.
Frank was a Captain with Pittsburgh Steel Corp.
I have letters he sent his wife from various ships he worked on. B. F. Affleck, Homer D. Williams are two.
Thank you for any info you can provide.